Kids Club claims three titles

Monday

Apr 1, 2013 at 10:45 AMApr 1, 2013 at 10:46 AM

Truman State is swept on the road at Pittsburg State in MIAA action on Saturday

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Day two of the youth state wrestling tournament saw three Kirksville wrestlers take home state titles. Marshall Cook won the 14-and-under 140-pound weight class as he beat Landon Wiswall by a 2-0 decision.

In the 170-pound bracket at 10-years-and-under Slade Weber defeated Garret Babbit by pin to claim a state championship.Brhet Place took home a state title with his win over Chad Tinney, 3-2, in the 10-and-under 130-pound bracket.

Tanner Sparks finished third in the 14-and-under division at 110 pounds.Bryce Kertz finished fourth in the 8-year-old and 90 pounds-and-under. Micaiah Keim finished fifth at the same weight.

College baseballPITTSBURG, Kan. – The Gorillas closed out a weekend sweep of the Truman State Bulldogs with a 6-5 win on Saturday afternoon.

Truman was able to take an early lead in the final game as they jumped out 2-0 on an RBI single from Jarod Hahn, and a sacrifice fly from Paul Trenhaile.

After giving up the lead TSU came back to take a 4-3 lead when Jordan Howe doubled then scored on a throwing error by PSU.

The Gorillas took the lead for good when they scored three in the bottom of the fifth and added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth that came in handy at the end.

Truman put together a two-out, bottom of the ninth rally started by a walk to Hahn, Trenhaile then doubled him in, cutting the lead to one. With the tying run in score position Blake Marino lined out to right to end the contest.

Tim Lee took the loss as he went seven innings, giving up four earned runs on 10 hits. Lee struck out two, walked four, and saw his record drop to 2-2.After suffering a sweep the Truman record falls to 6-21 overall and 6-20 in the MIAA.

Truman returns home for two conference matchups this week as they host Southwest Baptist on Wednesday, and welcome Emporia State over the weekend.